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Hey, you, are you heading to Comic-Con this week? If you are, you’d be totally remiss if you didn’t check out the Fanboy panel on Saturday afternoon. Artists and actors will take the stage to much critical acclaim. To boot, creator Eric Robles will be on hand to sign posters exclusive to the convention (image above).* Here’s the dope:

3:00-4:00 Nickelodeon’s Fanboy & Chum Chum: Blah! Blah! Blah!— Squeeze into your tighty-whities and join executive producer/creator Eric Robles, along with executive producer/story editor Steve Tompkins, and supervising producer Jason Meier for a FAN-tastic sneak peek into the crazy world of Fanboy & Chum Chum. The all-star cast — David Hornsby, Nika Futterman, Josh Duhamel, Jamie Kennedy, and Jeff Glenn Bennett — performs a live table read, followed by an exclusive look at the never-before-aired episode, “Freeze Tag.” Screening will be followed by a Q&A with cast and crew. Moderated by Megan Casey, executive [Read more…]

Brian Sheesley, at the podium, Eric Robles, in the center, Jim Schumann, and Ginny McSwain get some well-deserved recognition

A big tip of the hat to Jim Schumann, Brian Sheesley, and Ginny McSwain. The trio won the award in the Directing in an Animated Program category as part of the 37th Annual Daytime Entertainment Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Friday night. Jim and Brian were stalwart animation directors throughout the first season of Fanboy, while there couldn’t have been a voice director any better than Ginny to get the series up and rolling. Thanks, and congratulations to all three.

And let’s hear it for re-recording mixers Michael Beiriger, CAS, and Ray Leonard at Advantage Audio. They nabbed an Emmy for Sound Mixing - Live Acton and Animation for their work on The Fairly OddParents. Thanks, guys.

If Steve and Caesar winning juried Daytime Emmy Awards for Individual Achievement in Animation weren’t enough, Fanboy and Chum Chum is now nominated in two competitive categories, too. First, directors Jim Schumann and Brian Sheesley, along with voice director Ginny McSwain, are in the race for Directing in an Animated Program. Their competitors are all on Nick shows - Mighty B!, SpongeBob, and Penguins. I’d like them all to win, but I want the Fanboy team to win more.

Then there’s the nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Main Title and Graphic Design. This goes to a whole group of folks, comprising:

Next time you see Caesar Martinez (he’s now working on Sym-Bionic Titan), give him a big thumbs up for his brand new Daytime Emmy. Caesar earned it for his background design work on “Chimp Chomp Chumps.” The Daytime Emmys honor exceptional series, specials, animation, and achievement in televised programming that airs during the day. The awards ceremony will be held on Friday, June 25th in Los Angeles. (These four designs are some of Caesar’s stock designs, I should note. Click any for larger versions.) Congratulations, Caesar.

Our favorite Canadian, Steve Lambe, has earned himself a Daytime Emmy for his design work on “The Janitor Strikes Back.” The episode featured the introduction of Yum Yum, Janitor Poopatine (poop!), and the Scrivener Elf. The Daytime Emmys honor exceptional series, specials, animation, and achievement in daytime TV. The awards ceremony will be held on Friday, June 25th, in L.A. Congratulations, Steve. It’s truly well-deserved.

So when Aiden turned three recently, what do you think he wanted? Well, like any red-blooded American boy, he asked for a Fanboy and Chum Chum-themed birthday party. Thanks to his mom, Giselle, he got one.

Man, you get to see five - FIVE - new episodes of Fanboy and Chum Chum this week on Nick. Every day at 4:00 p.m. there’s a brand new short for your and our viewing pleasure. Here’s the line-up, with synopses from ToonZone:

Congratulations to Eric and the crew on Fanboy’sCartoons on the Bay Pulcinella Award nomination in the TV Series for Kids category. The honored episode is “Digital Pet Cemetery,” written by Scott Kreamer, boarded by Andy Kelly, and directed by Jim Schumann.